Sanitary cuspidor.



A. D. HUNT & S. L. COLE.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1918.

1,280,480, Patented Oct. 1, 191's.

ATENT UFFlEE.

ANDREW D. HUNT AND SHERMAN L. COLE, 0F PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

SANITARY ousrrnon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @013. 1, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW D. HUNT and SHERMAN L. COLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Guspidors; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cuspidors and particularly to sanitary cuspidors.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character which can be readily and easily flushed when used, and thus prevent the accumulation of offensive matter in the cuspidor with the consequent disagreeable odors arising therefrom.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved device of this character whereby when the cover of the cuspidor is raised by the foot of the user the bowl of the cuspidor will be flushed thereby washing the matter out of the bowl at once.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

- In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the floor being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device, the lid or cover of the bowl being in elevated position.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. at is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the floor of a room which is formed with the openings 11 and 12 therethrough. Disposed below the floor is a flush tank 13, which receives its supply of water through the pipe 14, and discharges the water therefrom through the vertical pipe 15, which pipe passes upwardly through the opening 12 in the floor. Also disposed in the opening 12 is the bowl 16 of the cuspidona pipe 17 being connected to the bottom of the bowl and leading to the sewer pipe. In the upper rim of the bow] there is disposed the circular perforated Wardly through the floor, is a post or upright 20, and pivotally mounted on the upper end of said post is a horizontally arranged lever 21, one end of which is provided' with a foot piece 22 to form a pedal for the operators foot. A bracket 23 is carried near the rear side of the bowl, near thev upper edge thereof, and pivotally mounted on the said bracket is a bell crank lever 24. The outer end of the horizontal arm of the lever is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 25, in which is received the pin 26 of the adjacent end of the foot lever 21. A cover 27 is hinged to the upper edge of bowl at 28, and this hinge is formed with an upwardly and rearwardly extending arm 29, the same being pivotally connected to the outer end of the other arm of the bell crank lever by means of the link 30. Thus when the foot is placed on the lever 21 and the latter depressed, the bell crank lever will be rocked on its pivot with the result that the link 30 will draw the cover upwardly into open position, to expose the interior of the bowl to view and for the purpose of receiving expectorations. In the upper end of the pipe 15 there is disposed a valve 31 the stem of which is adapted to be depressed by the said arm 29 of the cover 27, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus when the pedal is depressed and the lid raised, the valve will be opened to permit the water to pass into the circular flush pipe 7 and discharge through the openings thereof into the bowl, whereby the expectorated matter will be immediately washed out of the bowl and through the waste pipe '17. When the foot is removed from the pedal the weight of the lid or cover will cause the same to gravitate into closed position, thereby restoring the levers and links to their former positions ready for the next operation.

What is claimed is:

A sanitary cuspidor including a bowl, a water tank adjacent the bowl, a pipe connected to the tank and to the bowl for conveying water to the latter, a waste pipe connected to the bottom of the bowl, a horizontally disposed and pivoted foot lever mountedadjacent the bowl, a hinged cover for the bowl, said cover having an arm extending from the hinged portion thereof, a the foot lever is actuated the valve will be bell crank lever lnountedad acent the lever, opened and the cover raised,

one arm of said lever being longitudinally In testimony whereof, We affix our signaslotted, a pin carried gy the adjacent end of tures in the presence of two Witnesses.

6 the foot lever and sli ably disposed in said T slot,-a link pivotally connecting the arm of the cover and the other arm of the bell crank lever, a valve in the first named pipe, and Witnesses:

connections between the valve and the slotted GARRET T. D NHAM, 10 arm of the bell crank lever whereby when THOMAS W. POWER.

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